History Anime / WhisperOfTheHeart

* DoggedNiceGuy: You find out in the latter half of the film that [[spoiler:Seiji had always admired Shizuku from afar and had borrowed all of fantasy books in the library in an attempt to make her notice him.]]

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* DoggedNiceGuy: You find out in the latter half of the film that [[spoiler:Seiji had always admired Shizuku from afar and had borrowed all of the fantasy books in the library in an attempt to make her notice him.]]

Based on a manga by Aoi Hiiragi, serialized in ''Ribon Original'' magazine. ''Whisper of the Heart'' was the masterwork of Yoshifumi Kondo, who was widely expected to become the first of a new generation of StudioGhibli directors before his premature death from a brain aneurysm in 1998.

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Based on a manga by Aoi Hiiragi, serialized in ''Ribon Original'' magazine. ''Whisper of the Heart'' was the masterwork of Yoshifumi Kondo, who was widely expected to become the first of a new generation of StudioGhibli Creator/StudioGhibli directors before his premature death from a brain aneurysm in 1998.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: InUniverse: Shizuku struggles with her translation of "Country Roads" -- she is a city girl, after all -- and her first attempt, comes out as a storm of clichés. Her "Concrete Roads" parody, on the other hand -- ''"Western Tokyo, mountain Tama..."'' is spot on, and very funny. Her final version ditches the whole going back to the country motif, and is instead about choosing one's road in life.

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* WriteWhatYouKnow: InUniverse: Shizuku struggles with her translation of "Country Roads" -- she is a city girl, after all -- and her first attempt, comes out as a storm of clichés. Her "Concrete Roads" parody, on the other hand -- ''"Western Tokyo, mountain Mount Tama..."'' is spot on, and very funny. Her final version ditches the whole going back to the country motif, and is instead about choosing one's road in life.

Book-loving junior high school student Shizuku Tsukishima notices someone named Seiji Amasawa has previously checked out all of her library books. While she's intrigued by the notion of a boy who shares her interests in literature she's got to get cracking if she wants to achieve her goal of reading 30 books over summer vacation. So she sets out for school to meet a friend and chivy a teacher into letting her borrow yet another book from the library. Still, Shizuku can't help wondering just who Seiji Amasawa might be. Hopefully he isn't anything like that annoying boy who poked fun at her song lyrics.

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Book-loving junior high school student Shizuku Tsukishima notices someone named Seiji Amasawa has previously checked out all of her library books. While she's intrigued by the notion of a boy who shares her interests tastes in literature she's got to get cracking if she wants to achieve her goal of reading 30 books over summer vacation. So she sets out for school to meet a friend and chivy a teacher into letting her borrow yet another book from the library. Still, Shizuku can't help wondering just who Seiji Amasawa might be. Hopefully he isn't anything like that annoying boy who poked fun at her song lyrics.

* CoversAlwaysLie: In the same vein of NeverTrustATrailer, the back of the Disney DVD box heavily implies that this is another Ghibli fantasy film. There's a picture from her fantasy writing, along with the decription of Seiji being "mysterious" and the Baron being "a magical cat figurine who helps [Shizuku] listen to the whispers in her heart. Soon, Shizuku's exciting adventures carry her far beyond the boundaries of her imagination." Metaphorically speaking, yes, you could say that. But literally is what the box is trying to sell.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: In the same vein of NeverTrustATrailer, the back of the Disney DVD box heavily implies that this is another Ghibli fantasy film. There's a picture from her fantasy writing, along with the decription description of Seiji being "mysterious" and the Baron being "a magical cat figurine who helps [Shizuku] listen to the whispers in her heart. Soon, Shizuku's exciting adventures carry her far beyond the boundaries of her imagination." Metaphorically speaking, yes, you could say that. But literally is what the box is trying to sell.

* DoggedNiceGuy: You find out in the latter half of the film that [[spoiler:Seiji had always admired Shizuku from afar and had borrowed all of the library books in an attempt to make her notice him.]]

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* DoggedNiceGuy: You find out in the latter half of the film that [[spoiler:Seiji had always admired Shizuku from afar and had borrowed all of fantasy books in the library books in an attempt to make her notice him.]]

* CoversAlwaysLie: In the same vein of NeverTrustATrailer, the back of the Disney DVD box heavily implies that this is another Ghibli fantasy film. Theres a picture from her fantasy writing, along with the decription of Seiji being "mysterious" and the Baron being "a magical cat figurine who helps [Shizuku] listen to the whispers in her heart. Soon, Shizuku's exciting adventures carry her far beyond the boundries of her imagination." Metaphorically speaking, yes, you could say that. But literally is what the box is trying to sell.

to:

* CoversAlwaysLie: In the same vein of NeverTrustATrailer, the back of the Disney DVD box heavily implies that this is another Ghibli fantasy film. Theres There's a picture from her fantasy writing, along with the decription of Seiji being "mysterious" and the Baron being "a magical cat figurine who helps [Shizuku] listen to the whispers in her heart. Soon, Shizuku's exciting adventures carry her far beyond the boundries boundaries of her imagination." Metaphorically speaking, yes, you could say that. But literally is what the box is trying to sell.

Subplots include the trials of junior high romance for Shizuku's friends and Shizuku's efforts to translate John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" into a Japanese version for her school's chorus club. The movie is bookended by Olivia Newton-John's 1973 cover version (which was a big hit in Japan) and the film's Japanese version, sung by Yoko Honna.

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Subplots include the trials of junior high romance for Shizuku's friends and Shizuku's efforts to translate John Denver's Music/JohnDenver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" into a Japanese version for her school's chorus club. The movie is bookended by Olivia Newton-John's 1973 cover version (which was a big hit in Japan) and the film's Japanese version, sung by Yoko Honna.

* InDefenceOfStoryTelling: Shizuku's decision to pursue her writing at the expense of her grades.

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* InDefenceOfStoryTelling: Shizuku's decision to pursue her writing at the expense of her grades. Deconstructed, since Shizuku's family all warn her that she's slowly but surely wrecking her future (in the meantime, she's also poisoning her relationships as she isolates herself and gets into arguments with her family).

* LoveDodecahedron: Harada likes Sugimura, who likes Shizuku, who eventually falls in love with Seiji and vice versa, and some unnamed boy on the baseball team likes Harada. It's resolved in the end with the OfficialCouple being (obviously) Shizuku and Seiji, and it's implied in the credits that [[spoiler:Sugimura [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds eventually]] [[PairTheSpares reciprocates]] Harada's feelings.]]

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* LoveDodecahedron: Harada likes Sugimura, who likes Shizuku, who eventually falls in love with Seiji and vice versa, and some unnamed boy on the baseball team likes Harada. It's resolved in the end with the OfficialCouple being (obviously) Shizuku and Seiji, and it's implied in the credits that [[spoiler:Sugimura [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds eventually]] [[PairTheSpares reciprocates]] Harada's feelings.]]]] (In the meantime, Shizuku's big sis is sending love letters to an unknown recipient).

* SpinOff: The fantasy novel Shizuku is writing, eventually evolves into ''Anime/TheCatReturns,'' though the story she starts with, bears little resemblance to the final product.

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* SpinOff: The fantasy novel Shizuku is writing, writes would eventually evolves into serve as the inspiration for ''Anime/TheCatReturns,'' though which features both the story she starts with, bears little resemblance to Baron and a large cat named Muta (who is chased through the final product.streets by a Japanese schoolgirl).

* ProductPlacement: In the background as Shizuku was aboard in the train, the Panasonic sign goes by. ** And another one is a Coke can on the ground which had the privilege to be closed-up along with Shizuku's footsteps.* RealSongThemeTune: "Country Roads", in two versions.

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* ProductPlacement: In the background background, as Shizuku was aboard in the train, the Panasonic sign goes by. by.** And another one is a Coke can on the ground ground, which had the privilege to be closed-up closed-up, along with Shizuku's footsteps.* RealSongThemeTune: "Country Roads", Roads," in two versions.

* ShoutOut: [[Anime/KikisDeliveryService Jiji]] and [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] can both be seen on the shelves in the fantasy dollmaker's shop and Shizuku has a witch ornament hanging from her bookshelf (though it doesn't look like [[Anime/KikisDeliveryService Kiki]]). The grandfather clock in Mr. Nishi's shop has Anime/PorcoRosso emblazoned on the dial.

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* ShoutOut: [[Anime/KikisDeliveryService Jiji]] and [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] can both be seen seen, on the shelves in the fantasy dollmaker's shop shop, and Shizuku has a witch ornament hanging from her bookshelf (though it doesn't look like [[Anime/KikisDeliveryService Kiki]]).Kiki). The grandfather clock in Mr. Nishi's shop shop, has Anime/PorcoRosso emblazoned on the dial.

* SpinOff: The fantasy novel Shizuku is writing eventually evolves into ''Anime/TheCatReturns'', though the story she starts with bears little resemblance to the final product.* WriteWhatYouKnow: InUniverse: Shizuku struggles with her translation of "Country Roads"--she is a city girl, after all--and her first attempt comes out as a storm of cliches. Her "Concrete Roads" parody, on the other hand -- ''"Western Tokyo, mountain Tama..."'' is spot on, and very funny. Her final version ditches the whole going back to the country motif and is instead about choosing one's road in life.

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* SpinOff: The fantasy novel Shizuku is writing writing, eventually evolves into ''Anime/TheCatReturns'', ''Anime/TheCatReturns,'' though the story she starts with with, bears little resemblance to the final product.* WriteWhatYouKnow: InUniverse: Shizuku struggles with her translation of "Country Roads"--she Roads" -- she is a city girl, after all--and all -- and her first attempt attempt, comes out as a storm of cliches.clichés. Her "Concrete Roads" parody, on the other hand -- ''"Western Tokyo, mountain Tama..."'' is spot on, and very funny. Her final version ditches the whole going back to the country motif motif, and is instead about choosing one's road in life. life.

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